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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
James J Burke, Streamwood, IL (US);
John W Maher, Woodstock, IL (US);
William A Thompson, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 512 ; 455 561 ; 34082544 ;
Abstract
In communication system, multiple communication units are selected to receive a message via multiple broadcast units. A communication resource controller identifies a set of broadcast units needed to transmit the message, which are further identified as contending and non-contending broadcast units based on contention information. Identification of each of the contending broadcast units is stored and the non-contending broadcast units are allowed to simultaneously transmit the message. When contention for the contending broadcast units is alleviated, the contending broadcast units transmit the message.